A good broker will have an answer for you, but brokers are a mixed bag and not many encounter this situation.

@Robert G.That is awesome adviceI would add go to every REI a meeting and change cards and have "I buy houses"Real estate is a team sport and if you have a good team you don't need a lot of time

Money Bags whomever he or she is on BP with the most capital.

Once you've done that vote with your feet: pack your bags and move.Obstacles exist to be overcome.

Be patient, be polite, and see if this angry person is really redirecting his/her real estate fail rage at you which is actually generated by some scum bag tenant, the government, the evil bank who won't give him/her a loan-mod or maybe just plain exhaustion from having been a landlord for decades and looking for a way out.

Example: If an Army medic were to tell you he used a plastic bag to treat a soldier on the battlefield for a sucking chest wound, did you actually learn how to treat such a wound or simply that a plastic bag might be used?   

Mostly postcards, but certain people/lists get higher cost pieces; letters, invitation & oversized envelopes, priority mail envelopes, bank deposit bags, etc.

Some people get excited while watching pro sports.  

Yet they will spend 400.00 to go to a sports game.One of my favorite stories has to do with sports. 

And because I'm looking at places that need work, estimating rehab costs and ARV is a whole bag of worms that I don't have the experience to estimate well, so I don't believe my analyses of deals is too entirely accurate.